warhorse

Example Sentences

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French knights were expensive, each man-at-arms the product of many years of training, his armor and warhorse a major investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The warhorse Wawrinka departed for a medical timeout after the third set as his Melbourne escapades caught up with him.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

What position you play is also a factor - Youngs and Care are scrum-halves and Goode and Brown full-backs - with warhorse prop Cole something of an outlier.

From BBC • May 29, 2025

McAvoy takes like a battle-tested Marine to his role as commander in this smart, stylish enterprise, a worthy re-equipping of a warhorse if there ever was one.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2022

The square was dominated by a white marble statue of a headless man in impossibly ornate armor, astride a warhorse similarly arrayed.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin